FilmWeek for July 30, 2010: Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner for Schmucks, Get Low

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X critique the week’s new film releases including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, what do you do with these high powered figures in Hollywood? Roman Polanski managed to duck extradition on a rape charge, Oliver Stone’s been accused of anti-Semitism, and Mel Gibson and Lindsay … well, what else can you say about Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan? So here’s a conundrum… when you watch a re-run of Lethal Weapon on late-night TV, can you still enjoy it, or do you find thoughts of Gibson’s bad behavior creeping into your mind? When you watch The Parent Trap, is your brain filled with images of Lohan’s mug shot? Will you change the channel? Will you still go see their movies in a theater? In other words, can you separate the performers from the performance?

FilmWeek for July 30, 2010: Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner for Schmucks, Get Low

Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X critique the week’s new film releases including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, what do you do with these high powered figures in Hollywood? Roman Polanski managed to duck extradition on a rape charge, Oliver Stone’s been accused of anti-Semitism, and Mel Gibson and Lindsay … well, what else can you say about Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan? So here’s a conundrum… when you watch a re-run of Lethal Weapon on late-night TV, can you still enjoy it, or do you find thoughts of Gibson’s bad behavior creeping into your mind? When you watch The Parent Trap, is your brain filled with images of Lohan’s mug shot? Will you change the channel? Will you still go see their movies in a theater? In other words, can you separate the performers from the performance?

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Larry Mantle and KPCC film critics Wade Major of boxoffice.com and Andy Klein of Brand X critique the week’s new film releases including Charlie St. Cloud, Dinner For Schmucks, Get Low, and Hugh Hefner: Playboy Activist And Rebel, among others. TGI-FilmWeek! Later, what do you do with these high powered figures in Hollywood? Roman Polanski managed to duck extradition on a rape charge, Oliver Stone’s been accused of anti-Semitism, and Mel Gibson and Lindsay … well, what else can you say about Mel Gibson and Lindsay Lohan? So here’s a conundrum… when you watch a re-run of Lethal Weapon on late-night TV, can you still enjoy it, or do you find thoughts of Gibson’s bad behavior creeping into your mind? When you watch The Parent Trap, is your brain filled with images of Lohan’s mug shot? Will you change the channel? Will you still go see their movies in a theater? In other words, can you separate the performers from the performance?

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Wade Major, BoxOffice.com Andy Klein, KPCC film critic and film critic for Brand X Live tweeting this week's reviews: